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Definition of an embarrassment of riches in English English dictionary
- embarrassment of riches
- An abundance or overabundance of something; too much of a good thing
What might be an embarrassment of riches—a city with three independent and artistically distinct opera companies—may become a lose-lose-lose situation.
- embarrassment of riches
- An embarrassment of riches is an idiom that means an overabundance of something, or too much of a good thing, that originated in 1738 as John Ozell's translation of a French play, L'Embarras des richesses (1726). Example: "All four of them have their own cars but there's no room in the driveway--an embarrassment of riches"
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an em·bar·rass·ment of rich·esTurkish pronunciation
ın îmberısmınt ıv rîçızPronunciation
/ən əmˈberəsmənt əv ˈrəʧəz/ /ən ɪmˈbɛrəsmənt əv ˈrɪʧəz/
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